Rick Pollack
President and CEO, AHA
Rick Pollack is president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), the nation’s largest hospital and health care system membership organization with nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care.
Articles
COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement
Perspective: Progress on Stopping Cuts to Hospitals … Still More Work to Do
This week Congress passed legislation to stop a number of harmful cuts to Medicare payments for hospitals, physicians and other providers that were scheduled to kick in at the beginning of next year.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Leadership, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Perspective: Urge Congress to Stop Cuts to Hospitals, Advance Key Priorities
With the calendar turning to December, Congress finds itself in a familiar position: a long to-do-list, impending deadlines and facing uncertainty over how things will play out.
Workforce, COVID-19: Organizational Preparedness and Capacity Planning, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Supporting the Health Care Workers Who Supported All of Us
Health care is, at its core, people caring for people. But the pandemic has strained our health care workforce like never before. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that hospital employment decreased by almost 100,000 from February 2020 to September 2021, and 30% of health care workers have considered leaving the profession during the pandemic.
Leadership, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Perspective: Giving Thanks for America’s Health Care Workforce
For nearly two years, our nation’s hospitals and health systems — and the gifted, dedicated women and men who lead them — have fought back relentlessly against a once-in-a-century pandemic.
Leadership, Community Partnerships, Recognition and Awards, Telling the Hospital Story
Perspective: Reinforcing the Crucial Role of Hospitals as Pillars of Their Communities
Hospitals and health systems are doing tremendous work in their communities every single day. Whether it’s caring for a sick or injured patient, supporting a healthy food program, vaccinating people against COVID-19, educating patients about health and wellness, or using new technologies to detect diseases earlier, hospitals and health systems are committed on every front to the mission of advancing health.
Leadership, Workforce
Perspective: Highlighting Workforce Challenges and Solutions
As every health care leader today can testify, the pandemic has tested the resilience of our health care workforce like never before. And as we know, without a resilient health force, we cannot exist. Our entire health care system breaks down. It's as simple as that.
Making Healthcare More Affordable, Advocacy & Public Policy, Leadership
Perspective: The Cost of Caring … and Working to Make Care More Affordable
Affordable health care ranks among the top concerns for many Americans. It’s a concern that hospitals and health systems fully share … and we have been working hard to address.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, Leadership
AHA responds to NY Times article spotlighting study on Provider Relief Fund
The authors of a recent study that looked at CARES Act Provider Relief Funds allocated to health care institutions made arbitrary choices about which payments to include in the analysis. This resulted in incomplete or skewed findings.
Quality & Patient Safety, Leadership
Perspective: Streamlining Prior Authorization Requirements to Improve Patient Care
Medicare Advantage plans provide essential health insurance coverage for approximately 22 million Americans, or about one-third of all Medicare beneficiaries.
Cybersecurity, Leadership
Perspective: Cybersecurity Must Be a Priority Each and Every Day
Cybercrimes directed against hospitals and health systems have been on a massive upswing worldwide for several years, accelerating even more during the COVID-19 pandemic.